wandering stars

With limited information about his case, it’s hard to say what, exactly, is going on here, but it’s not the first or the last time that someone with a developmental, intellectual, or cognitive disability has been denied a transplant organ on the apparent basis of the disability itself, and for no other reason. This despite the fact that having a disability does not preclude the ability to manage a donor organ, although some patients may need assistance; it seems likely this is the case with Paul Corby, based on the information made available. That suggests to me that disabled lives aren’t valuable, don’t have meaning, and aren’t worth saving; that in the process of triaging transplant organs, medical teams feel comfortable taking people with disabilities out of the running because our lives aren’t as important.